Arlene F. Montevecchio, the Director of the Center for Spirituality at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN is a graduate of St. Norbert College and Harvard Divinity School. 

She previously worked as Director of the Center for Social Concerns at Gannon University and is currently a doctoral student in theology and ethics at Duquesne University. 

Her research interests include Catholic social tradition, Latin American liberation theology, economic ethics, and global ecclesiology.

She has published articles and reviews in Political Theology, the Annual Volume of the College Theology Society, U.S. Catholic, The National Catholic Reporter, The Merton Seasonal, and the blog Daily Theology. 

Arlene and her husband Caesar have two sons, Andrew and Damian.